Abstract: A system (including a processor, a host having a network multipath daemon, and multiple network interfaces) and method involving issuing, by an active interface, an Internet Protocol probe packet (IPPP) to a probe target, issuing, by an alternate interface, a transitive probe packet (TPP) to the active interface, where the alternate interface and the active interface belong to a broadcast domain. The system and method further involve awaiting, by the active interface, a responsive IPPP from the probe target, awaiting by the alternate interface, a responsive TPP from the active interface, and determining network conditions based upon receiving at least one of the responsive IPPP and the responsive TPP.

Abstract: The method involves issuing, by an active interface, an Internet Protocol probe packet (IPPP) to a probe target, issuing, by a first alternate interface, a first transitive probe packet (TPP) to the active interface, where the first alternate interface and the active interface belong to a broadcast domain. The method further involves awaiting, by the active interface, a responsive IPPP from the probe target, awaiting, by the first alternate interface, a first responsive TPP from the active interface, and determining network conditions based upon receiving at least one of the responsive IPPP and the first responsive TPP.